Man found dead near downtown parking lot
Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers look at a dead body on Third Street in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers look at a dead body on Third Street in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man was found dead of natural causes downtown Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
Police received a call about 1:50 p.m. of a man on the ground between two buildings in the 1400 block of south 3rd Street, near Las Vegas and Charleston boulevards.
Medical personnel pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said.
Investigators determined that the death was natural, Lt. Barb Schmidt said.
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